Find official starter credits, free APIs and cloud credits, then compare third-party offers.
Starter trials, recurring allowances, student/research and business applications are listed separately. Cloud credits cover different services and are not withdrawable cash; confirm eligibility in your official account.
Searched a fixed 62-provider list plus OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity; attempted at least two distinct pricing/terms entrypoints per provider and two gap followups. Missing bodies and conflicting terms remain pending. This is finite coverage, not a complete worldwide list or proof of personal eligibility.
Checked:
Alibaba Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
Tencent Cloud — Previously listed offer checked
Baidu Qianfan — Previously listed offer checked
Volcengine Ark — Evidence pending · Free-quota and safe-mode pages conflict on eligibility/re-enabling; this candidate remains unpublished.
Zhipu BigModel — New opportunity confirmed
Moonshot Kimi — New opportunity confirmed
DeepSeek — No publishable offer confirmed
SiliconFlow — New opportunity confirmed
ModelScope — New opportunity confirmed
MiniMax — Evidence pending
StepFun — New opportunity confirmed
iFlytek Spark — New opportunity confirmed
SenseTime SenseNova — New opportunity confirmed
Huawei Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
Xiaomi MiMo — New opportunity confirmed
360 Zhinao — New opportunity confirmed
Baichuan — New opportunity confirmed
InternLM — Evidence pending
Groq — Previously listed offer checked
Cerebras — New opportunity confirmed
SambaNova — Ended / paid conditions only
Together AI — New opportunity confirmed
Fireworks AI — New opportunity confirmed
Hugging Face — Previously listed offer checked
Mistral AI — Previously listed offer checked
Cohere — Previously listed offer checked
AI21 — No publishable offer confirmed · Multiple entrypoints attempted, one successful body obtained; no in-scope offer confirmed.
NVIDIA — Previously listed offer checked
DeepInfra — Evidence pending
Novita AI — New opportunity confirmed
Nebius — New opportunity confirmed
Baseten — New opportunity confirmed
Replicate — Evidence pending
fal.ai — New opportunity confirmed
RunPod — New opportunity confirmed
Lambda — New opportunity confirmed
Friendli AI — Evidence pending
Chutes — Ended / paid conditions only
Google Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
Microsoft Azure — New opportunity confirmed
AWS — New opportunity confirmed
Oracle Cloud — Previously listed offer checked
IBM Cloud — New opportunity confirmed
DigitalOcean — Evidence pending
Cloudflare — New opportunity confirmed
Modal — Previously listed offer checked
Vercel — New opportunity confirmed
Vultr — Evidence pending · Only one successful body across attempts; complete new-user credit conditions remain pending.
Deepgram — New opportunity confirmed
AssemblyAI — New opportunity confirmed
ElevenLabs — New opportunity confirmed
Speechmatics — New opportunity confirmed
Cartesia — New opportunity confirmed
Hume AI — Evidence pending
Jina AI — New opportunity confirmed
Voyage AI — New opportunity confirmed
Tavily — New opportunity confirmed
Exa — New opportunity confirmed
OpenRouter — Previously listed offer checked
Black Forest Labs — No publishable offer confirmed
Stability AI — New opportunity confirmed
BytePlus — Evidence pending
OpenAI — New opportunity confirmed
Anthropic — New opportunity confirmed
Perplexity — Evidence pending · Old credit search leads lack verifiable current terms; no amount is published.
OFFICIAL APIs & CLOUD CREDITS
Official credits & free allowances
A growing catalogue of checked programs, not every offer on the web. Chat-only free plans are excluded.
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New-user trial / credits7 on this page
New-user trial / creditsEligibility unverified
IBM Cloud new PAYG account credit
IBM Cloud · Company-operated
First-time Pay-As-You-Go accounts receive $200 for use in the first 30 days.
Billable services beyond free limits or credits can incur charges; inspect resources and budgets.
Per-account/model free allocations follow pricing rows; no universal pooling; rerank/new models have separate rows.
All Batch API tokens are billed at batch rates and do not use free token balances.
Organization/model API rate limits apply. Tier 1 requires a payment method while free tokens still apply; billed usage can raise limits. Post-exhaustion behavior without a card is not explicit.
Where expiry is unspecified, inspect account or award records; service credits are not withdrawable cash.
Card / payment method：Some models, verification, billing tiers or upgrade steps require a payment method; this is not a universal free-scope requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Valid card for activation/redemption; one year from earlier code receipt or account deposit, or exhaustion.
Promotional terms exclude Marketplace, support and prepaid/reserved-instance fees with specific exceptions, including Bedrock third-party model spend; do not generalize exceptions.
Card / payment method：Pinned terms require a valid payment method/card; consult this card’s eligibility details.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
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Student / research creditsEligibility unverified
Cloudflare US student developer plan
Cloudflare · Official platform
Eligible students receive 12 months of paid developer-plan access; not unlimited Workers AI tokens.
After 12 months the account automatically returns to Free with no renewal-plan charge unless a paid renewal is chosen; program overages can still be billed.
US students aged 18+, with verified .edu email. Sep 22, 2025 distinguishes new/existing account redemption flows; it is not an application deadline, and both flows are documented.
Card required and .edu billing email; redeem by selecting Workers Paid.
Higher Workers/storage allotments; standard overage charges apply; Workers AI free allocation remains separate.
Card / payment method：Pinned terms require a valid payment method/card; consult this card’s eligibility details.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned terms pause/close access or revert to Free at expiry/exhaustion; paid upgrade/renewal requires a choice. Other overages remain separate.
Contact support with official student email or student ID; redeem coupon during Billing upgrade.
For research/coursework/hackathons; general 18/local-adulthood requirement still applies.
Four months, not a year; inspect card and post-coupon renewal settings at upgrade.
General subscription terms renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before renewal. Coupon-specific terms may override this; verify final renewal/cancellation settings at upgrade.
Card / payment method：Some models, verification, billing tiers or upgrade steps require a payment method; this is not a universal free-scope requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.
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Student / research creditsEligibility unverified
AI for Science research credits (up to US$50,000)
Anthropic · Company-operated
High-impact science projects may apply for up to US$50,000 in credits; not guaranteed, and free scientist subscriptions are a separate benefit from API credits.
Approval-based service credits, not cash; usage beyond the awarded offering or balance is not treated as free.
The August 2026 expansion invites researchers to apply; selection depends on scientific contribution, impact and review. The original program provides API credits.
Individuals must be at least 18 or local majority age; affiliated applicants need institutional consent and rights to their original submission.
China and other listed territories and legally restricted applicants are excluded; consult the full official rules.
Scientific and biosecurity review applies; respond to selection within five business days; requested declarations/publicity releases may be due within 14 days.
Biology and chemistry retain model restrictions; all models are not guaranteed. Amount, covered offering and expiry depend on the award.
Participants join research surveys/interviews; transcripts may be retained/analyzed and anonymized aggregate findings published. Publicity and tax terms apply.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Founded within 10 years, through Series B, technology product, live website/business email/social presence, first approval; funding/partner criteria vary by tier.
R2 credit cap $10K; AI Gateway, domain registration and selected enterprise/premium networking services excluded.
Valid payment method required; one year or exhaustion, no extensions or transfers.
Name/logo marketing permission; excludes existing enterprise customers, education, personal blogs, agencies, MSPs and resellers.
The public criteria also list funding within the last 12 months; bootstrapped and funded-tier paths differ and require program review.
Card / payment method：Pinned terms require a valid payment method/card; consult this card’s eligibility details.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.
Business/monetization plan, valid business email, fewer than 25 staff; excludes consulting/agencies, one-off projects and projects for children aged 18 or under.
One application per company, existing enterprise customers excluded; approval required, no resale/cash exchange.
Includes API voice capabilities, but characters are not unlimited allocation for every product.
Card, regional and additional identity requirements not explicit in these sources remain unspecified; no worldwide or card-free promise.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Pinned terms pause/close access or revert to Free at expiry/exhaustion; paid upgrade/renewal requires a choice. Other overages remain separate.
Startups at any stage may apply; student/one-off projects case-by-case; approval/coupon required.
Logo/name marketing permission and requested social posts are conditions.
Model-credit rollover capped at 2x monthly allowance; Agents separate, not cash.
Card, regional and additional identity requirements not explicit in these sources remain unspecified; no worldwide or card-free promise.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.
Joining the community does not grant credits: credit eligibility requires institutional equity funding, a company under four years old, and no previous Anthropic startup credits.
Provide a Claude Console account, company email, website and use case; partner VC/accelerator affiliation may unlock extras, subject to approval.
First-party Claude API only; excluded on AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI and other third-party platforms.
Rules exclude China, Russia and other listed regions and legally restricted applicants; consult the full official territory list.
Amount and expiry depend on the award; verification, publicity permissions and tax information may be required; the program may change or end.
Card / payment method：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Identity verification：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Top-up / purchase：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Invitation / referral：Pinned evidence does not establish this prerequisite; confirm with the provider. Unknown does not mean no requirement.
Application / review：Application, review, eligibility verification or a coupon award is required; applying does not guarantee acceptance.
Renewal / paid conversion：Overages, depletion or the end of the benefit can trigger automatic billing/paid conversion; verify budgets and cancellation settings.